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Shawls and blankets
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Shawls and blankets |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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She who opens doors to more feels the breeze of who she is but then the cold of the “before” wraps around her daily life. She ponders so this memory chill like strangers in her new abode and in her manner so polite offers them an overnight. ‘tis not to say they do not know to leave before she suffers more and yet it’s like they’re glued to beds made before awakening. She cleans around their imprints felt and discards the useless junk of hurt but the crown of how she knows to be never placed upon her head. But time is such that ponders not the speed with which it leaves behind the glorious and magnificent, the amazing and fantastic, and the really quite remarkable woman that she is. And of that woman, all women, who open doors to more they sit with shawls and blankets until time comes round again! Helen / 3 October 2009 |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I have had to just think about this poem - and read it out loud a couple of times. It's one of those that I can't just write a reply to because it leaves a feeling that is hard to articulate. You do that to me often, Helen. You get me thinking and that is what I truly look for in your poetry. Alison |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi Alison! It gets me thinking too and I think it's telling me that life isn't so great once we have opened to the "more" and then we find ourselves still as before. And the more is simply more than who and what we thought we were before (and to coin a phrase here) "the awakening". Something like that but I sometimes have difficulty in interpreting my own poetry - my own? I sometimes wonder about that too because it's not something that ever happened before. What a life!  Thanks so much for reading. Helen |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
I loved the final stanza, just a perfect ending to this well put together poem, Helen!  ARCTIC WIND |
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Dark Star Member
since 2008-02-20
Posts 392Lost in your eyes |
wohoo, you know how to write them hun. Lana |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
YOur poetry is so full of bittersweetness and clarity. I do so enjoy the contrasts, and soft shades of your heart. Hugs, honey~ |
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sweetthing21 Junior Member
since 2009-09-05
Posts 23 |
I just wanna say Amazing!!!!!! don't know how else to describe it but it is Amazing!!!' Patricia |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I guess the trick is to know that we couldn't be the way we are today if we weren't the way we were before and to be happy with that. Still, I can't help but wish that "today" was back then when it could have made a difference. Love Helen |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, Honey! I have had moments when I wish that I could turn the clock back, but then I think of the blessed things that I DO have in the present that I would not have had if I had not gone down the path that I have. ~ Gosh, that is one long rambling sentence! ~ But then, my thoughts usually are!   Linda |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Yes, remarkable, you are remarkable, dear Helen. But there is no way that we find ourselves at the same old spot, after opening the "door to more", no, impossible. That's a pure illusion, dear friend. You move on and experience what you need to experience and nothing of the past is usually as exciting as the potential of the now! Ponder, girl, ponder, you are good at it. Love, Margherita |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks Linda and Margherita! As always, Margherita, you are so right! Love Helen |
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